OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Melo umbilicatus (Broderip, 1826)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta ducalis Lamarck, 1811
   Melo umbilicatus Broderip, 1826

Common Name

Umbilicate Melon Shell p.163      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

Northern Territory to southern Queensland

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea?

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ to 20 m {POPPE1992A} ]
feeds on: animals 
larvae/young: direct development 
larvae/young: oviparous 
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Allan, J. & Middleton, T.C. 1946. p.172 Biology and ecology
 Gray, J. E. 1855. p.54 [ as Cymbium umbilicatum (Broderip, 1826) ]  New combination
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.190, pl. 88, fig.1 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1860. [ sp. 4, pl. 7, fig. 4a; pl. 8, figs 4b-e; pl. 9, fig. 5a; pl. 10, fig. 5b; as Cymbium ducale (Lamarck, 1811) ]  New combination
 Weaver, C.S. 1962. p.5 [ text figs 3, 4; as Melo ducalis (Lamarck, 1811) ]  New combination
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.75, pl. 29A-B [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.125, pl. 26, figs. 7-8, pl. 26A, fig. 1 [ Pl. 27, fig. 5, description, distribution, habitat and remarks. ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Melo Broderip in Sowerby, 1826
                              Melo umbilicatus (Broderip, 1826)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12418) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-09.